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HOOKERTON DEFENSES
★ ★ ★
Confederate Crossing and Headquarters
P O T T E R ’ S R A I D
In July 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter, return-ing
to New Bern after his raid, had his troops set
fire to the Hookerton Bridge as they made their
way across Greene County. The bridges at Hooker-ton
and nearby Haw Landing were essential
crossing points over Contentnea Creek for Con-federate
troops in eastern North Carolina.
Confederate Gen. James J. Pettigrew
established his brigade headquarters here in
April 1863, after unsuccessful attempts to remove
the Union forces from New Bern and Washington,
North Carolina. Pettigrew’s brigade included the
11th, 26th, 44th, 47th, and 52nd North Carolina
Infantry Regiments. Henry King Burgwyn, at
22 the youngest colonel
in the Army of Northern
Virginia, commanded
the 26th Regiment
and died at Gettysburg.
After Pettigrew’s
brigade marched to
Virginia to join Gen.
Robert E. Lee’s incur-sion
into Pennsylvania,
a handful of men
from a partisan ranger
On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern.
Potter raided Greenville, then sent part of his cavalry to Rocky Mount and occupied Tarboro. The raiders damaged
or destroyed bridges, trains, munitions, and mills before returning to New Bern on July 23, but the Confederates
restored rail service by Aug. 1.
battalion joined the
local home guard to pro-tect
the bridges here.
Capt. Henry A.
Hubbard, 12th New
York Cavalry, who was
wounded and captured
during Potter’s Raid,
was released from a
Confederate prisoner of
war camp in September
1864, and rejoined his
unit. On April 8, 1865,
Confederate troops near
here shot Hubbard and his orderly in an ambush.
Hubbard escaped to his camp but died about eight
hours later, just a day before Gen. Robert E. Lee
surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House.
The locally prominent Hooker family
founded Hookerton, known as Caswell’s Landing
before the Revolutionary War, here on family land.
Hookerton was incorporated in 1817.
Col. Henry K. Burgwyn – Courtesy
Virginia Military Institute Archives
W I L M I NG TO N A N D W E L D ON R R
AT L A NT I C A N D N C RR
ROANOKERIVER
TAR RIVER
NE USERIVER
LittleContentnea Creek
Hamilton
Kinston
Rocky Mount
Fort Branch
Sparta
Snow Hill
GOLDSBORO
Princeville
Potter’s Raid Site
Other Civil War Trails Site
ContentneaCreek
Swift
Creek
Village
Tarboro
New Bern
Greenville
Scuffleton
Bridge
You Are Here
Falkland
Black
Jack
St. John’s
Church
Grimsley’s
Church
Gen. Edward E. Potter
Courtesy U.S. Army Military
History Institute
Potter’s Raid
from New Bern
to Rocky Mount
and Tarboro
Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew

HOOKERTON DEFENSES
★ ★ ★
Confederate Crossing and Headquarters
P O T T E R ’ S R A I D
In July 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter, return-ing
to New Bern after his raid, had his troops set
fire to the Hookerton Bridge as they made their
way across Greene County. The bridges at Hooker-ton
and nearby Haw Landing were essential
crossing points over Contentnea Creek for Con-federate
troops in eastern North Carolina.
Confederate Gen. James J. Pettigrew
established his brigade headquarters here in
April 1863, after unsuccessful attempts to remove
the Union forces from New Bern and Washington,
North Carolina. Pettigrew’s brigade included the
11th, 26th, 44th, 47th, and 52nd North Carolina
Infantry Regiments. Henry King Burgwyn, at
22 the youngest colonel
in the Army of Northern
Virginia, commanded
the 26th Regiment
and died at Gettysburg.
After Pettigrew’s
brigade marched to
Virginia to join Gen.
Robert E. Lee’s incur-sion
into Pennsylvania,
a handful of men
from a partisan ranger
On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern.
Potter raided Greenville, then sent part of his cavalry to Rocky Mount and occupied Tarboro. The raiders damaged
or destroyed bridges, trains, munitions, and mills before returning to New Bern on July 23, but the Confederates
restored rail service by Aug. 1.
battalion joined the
local home guard to pro-tect
the bridges here.
Capt. Henry A.
Hubbard, 12th New
York Cavalry, who was
wounded and captured
during Potter’s Raid,
was released from a
Confederate prisoner of
war camp in September
1864, and rejoined his
unit. On April 8, 1865,
Confederate troops near
here shot Hubbard and his orderly in an ambush.
Hubbard escaped to his camp but died about eight
hours later, just a day before Gen. Robert E. Lee
surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House.
The locally prominent Hooker family
founded Hookerton, known as Caswell’s Landing
before the Revolutionary War, here on family land.
Hookerton was incorporated in 1817.
Col. Henry K. Burgwyn – Courtesy
Virginia Military Institute Archives
W I L M I NG TO N A N D W E L D ON R R
AT L A NT I C A N D N C RR
ROANOKERIVER
TAR RIVER
NE USERIVER
LittleContentnea Creek
Hamilton
Kinston
Rocky Mount
Fort Branch
Sparta
Snow Hill
GOLDSBORO
Princeville
Potter’s Raid Site
Other Civil War Trails Site
ContentneaCreek
Swift
Creek
Village
Tarboro
New Bern
Greenville
Scuffleton
Bridge
You Are Here
Falkland
Black
Jack
St. John’s
Church
Grimsley’s
Church
Gen. Edward E. Potter
Courtesy U.S. Army Military
History Institute
Potter’s Raid
from New Bern
to Rocky Mount
and Tarboro
Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew

HOOKERTON DEFENSES
★ ★ ★
Confederate Crossing and Headquarters
P O T T E R ’ S R A I D
In July 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter, return-ing
to New Bern after his raid, had his troops set
fire to the Hookerton Bridge as they made their
way across Greene County. The bridges at Hooker-ton
and nearby Haw Landing were essential
crossing points over Contentnea Creek for Con-federate
troops in eastern North Carolina.
Confederate Gen. James J. Pettigrew
established his brigade headquarters here in
April 1863, after unsuccessful attempts to remove
the Union forces from New Bern and Washington,
North Carolina. Pettigrew’s brigade included the
11th, 26th, 44th, 47th, and 52nd North Carolina
Infantry Regiments. Henry King Burgwyn, at
22 the youngest colonel
in the Army of Northern
Virginia, commanded
the 26th Regiment
and died at Gettysburg.
After Pettigrew’s
brigade marched to
Virginia to join Gen.
Robert E. Lee’s incur-sion
into Pennsylvania,
a handful of men
from a partisan ranger
On July 18, 1863, Union Gen. Edward E. Potter led infantry and cavalry from New Bern to destroy the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad bridge at Rocky Mount. The infantry feinted toward Kinston and returned to New Bern.
Potter raided Greenville, then sent part of his cavalry to Rocky Mount and occupied Tarboro. The raiders damaged
or destroyed bridges, trains, munitions, and mills before returning to New Bern on July 23, but the Confederates
restored rail service by Aug. 1.
battalion joined the
local home guard to pro-tect
the bridges here.
Capt. Henry A.
Hubbard, 12th New
York Cavalry, who was
wounded and captured
during Potter’s Raid,
was released from a
Confederate prisoner of
war camp in September
1864, and rejoined his
unit. On April 8, 1865,
Confederate troops near
here shot Hubbard and his orderly in an ambush.
Hubbard escaped to his camp but died about eight
hours later, just a day before Gen. Robert E. Lee
surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House.
The locally prominent Hooker family
founded Hookerton, known as Caswell’s Landing
before the Revolutionary War, here on family land.
Hookerton was incorporated in 1817.
Col. Henry K. Burgwyn – Courtesy
Virginia Military Institute Archives
W I L M I NG TO N A N D W E L D ON R R
AT L A NT I C A N D N C RR
ROANOKERIVER
TAR RIVER
NE USERIVER
LittleContentnea Creek
Hamilton
Kinston
Rocky Mount
Fort Branch
Sparta
Snow Hill
GOLDSBORO
Princeville
Potter’s Raid Site
Other Civil War Trails Site
ContentneaCreek
Swift
Creek
Village
Tarboro
New Bern
Greenville
Scuffleton
Bridge
You Are Here
Falkland
Black
Jack
St. John’s
Church
Grimsley’s
Church
Gen. Edward E. Potter
Courtesy U.S. Army Military
History Institute
Potter’s Raid
from New Bern
to Rocky Mount
and Tarboro
Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew